I was watching an episode of Moomin in Japanese in which the characters were playing hide and seek. When Sniff finds the other characters he says something that sounds like it could be either みき、にき、みいき、にいき、みっき、or にっき. I’m more inclined to think it starts with み as I think it could be derived from みる, but I can’t find a translation for any of the above possibilities. Does anybody know what children normally say when finding someone in hide and seek in Japan?
I can also provide a link and timestamp for the video if anybody needs it as it’s on YouTube.
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みっけ！Means I found you!
As someone said before みっけ comes from 見つけた (I found you)
It’s a cheeky/childish way to say it.